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4 A. FARINA.

MACHINE FOR FOLDINGAND SHAPING GOLLARS.

Patented Apr. 12, 1898.

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4 A. F ARINA. MACHINE FOR FOLDING AND SHAPING GOLLARS. No. 602,067. I Patented Apr. 12, 1898.

VNITED STATES- ANTONINUS FARINA,

MACHINE FOR-FOLDING on NEW YORIQN. Y.

AND SHAPING COLLARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,067, dated April 12, 1898. Application filed February 17, 1896. Serial No. 579,549. (No model.) I I To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANTONINUS FARINA, of

- New York city, in the county and State of New York,have invented a new and Improved Machine for Folding and Shaping Collars, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXac description.

The object of this invention is to provide a machinewhich is capable of folding collars in a manner more expeditious and effective than heretofore, and also a machine in which this folding will be done without injuring the collar.

The invention consists in certain peculiar features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be fully described hereinafter and finally embodied in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

, slide thereon; and Fig. 11 is a detail view Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken through the disk and shaping-block, to be fully described hereinafter. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the shapingblock shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of the plate and shaping block. Fig. 6 is a sectional View on the'line 6 6 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a perspective View of a turn down collar partly folded by the machine. Fig. 8 is a perspective view of a similar collar completely folded. Fig. 9is a detail view showing one of the treadles. Fig. 10 is a detail view showing the connection of one of the clutch-sections with its shape, so asto showing one of the ball-and-socket connections. 1

In carrying out myinvention I provide a table 10, supported on suitable legs 11, and this table supports the operative parts of the apparatus. J ournaled in pedestal-bearings 12 is a shaft 13, having a pulley 14, over which a drive-belt may pass to impart to the shaft 13 a continuous rotary movement. The shaft 7 13 projects beyond the bearings 12 and car:

ries at each end a clutch member 15. Pedestal-bearings 16 and 17 carry-a rotary shaft 18, longitudinally alined with the shaft 13 and having a clutch member 19 splined on the end adjacent to the shaft 13, the clutch member being adapted to mesh with the adjacent clutch member 15,'so that the shaft 18 will be connected with the shaft '13. The pedestalbearing 16 has an extended portion carrying a box 21, in which a shaft 22 is rotatably mounted, and the shaft 22 has its lower end rotatable in a step 23. The shaft 22 is driven from the shaft 18 by means of bevel-gears 24 and 25, respectively secured on'the shafts 22 and 18.

Fixed on the shaft 22 is a disk 26, having aperpendicular peripheral flange 27, and having cloth 28 firmly stretched over each side by means of spring-bands 29, which have a tendency to press the respective sides of the flange, so as to firmly clamp the cloth, as

shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

Rising from the'table 10 is a standard 30, which has its upper end bifurcatedand in which bifurcated end oneend'of alever 31 is fulcrumed, the lever 31 having a rod 32 pivotally connected to its middle, and said rod extends downwardly through an opening in the table and is pivotally connected to a treadle 33, by which the rod may be vertically reciprocated, a spring 34 being provided and embracing the rod to give the same a tendency to an upper position. The spring 34 is connected with the table 10 and with the treadle 33.

The free end of the lever 31 is vertically alined with the flange 27 of the disk 26, and said free end of the lever carries a hollow block 35,havin g an open upper side over which a lip 36 projects, said lip carrying burner-tips 37, with which the respective air and gas tubes 38 and 39 communicate. The under side of the block 35 is provided with a groove 40,which is curved in an are equal to the arc of the flange 27 and which is adapted to receive said flange" as the lever 31 moves downwardly. At the inner side of the flange 27 the block 35 extends downwardly below the portion of the block at the outer side,as shown best in Fig. 3. Fig. 4 illustrates a bottom plan of the block 35. I

Fixed to the clutch member 19 is a grooved flange 41, in which a forked lever 42 operates, said lever being fulcrumed to the pedestalbearing 17 and having its lower end extended through a longitudinally-elongated slot in the table,10, said lower end being attached to a flexible connection 43, passing over pulleys 44 and attached to the treadle 33, the disposition of these parts being such that when the treadle is depressed to move the block 35 downward to engage the flange 27 the connection 43 will be operated to rock the lever 42 and engage the two clutch members 19 and 15, causing the shaft 18 to be driven from the continuously-rotating shaft 13 the instant that the block 35 engages the flange 27. The lever 42 ispressed by a spring 63, so that the clutch member 19 will have atendency to disengage the adjacent member 15. At other [5 times, however, the shaft 18 and the parts driven therefrom are motionless.

Journaled in a pedestal-bearing45 is a shaft 46, one end of which is contiguous to the righthand end of the shaft 13 and carries a clutch 20 member 47, splined on the shaft 46 and capable of movement to engage and disengage the clutch member 15, such movement being effected through the medium of a lever 48, fulcrumed on the pedestal 45 and having its lower end operating through a lon gitudin all yelongated slot in the table 10, said end being attached to a connection 49, running over idler-pulleys 50 and passing downward to a treadle 51, carried by a vertically-movable rod 0 52, passed through the table 10 and having a ball and-socket connection with a lever 53.

The lever 53 is fulcrumed by a ball-andsocket connection on a standard 54, rising from the table 10, and the lever 53 is also pro- 3 5 vided with a ball-and-socket connection with a rod 55, connected to an eccentric 56, fixed on the shaft 46. By means of the eccentric 56 and the appurtenant parts the lever 53 is oscillated in a horizontal plane on the standard 54, and by means of the rod 52 the lever 53 may be raised and lowered at the end to which said rod is affixed.

The disposition of the clutch member 47 and the parts connecting said member with the rod 52 is such that when the rod is moved downwardly to swing the right-hand end of the lever 53 in a similar direction the clutch member 47 will be engaged with the adjacent member 15, and a spring 57 is made to em- 50 brace the rod 52, so as to give said rod and consequently the parts to which it is attached an upward tendency. The spring 57 bears on the table 10 and is connected to the rod 52.

The lower extremity of the rod 52 is provided 55 with a spur 58, adapted to engage the floor or other surface on which the table stands, so as to form a bearing for the rod 52, on which the same may oscillate under the influence of .the movement of the lever 53.

Fixed to the table 10 is a standard 64, which rises perpendicularly therefrom and carries a plate 65, curved in an are similar to that in which the right -hand end of the lever 53 moves. This plate 65 is covered with a sheet of cloth 66, held by means of a curved loop 67 and a pin 68, the pin being passed through the plate, so as to hold the loop from upward movement.

Fixed to the right-hand end of the lever 53 isa block 69, similar to the block 35 and having burner-tips 70, held by a clip 71 and in communication with the respective air and gas tubes 72 and 73. \Vhen the lever 53 is moved downwardly at its right-hand end, the block'69 will be made to engage the plate 65, and the groove 74 of the block 69 will receive the upper edge of the plate 65, while the downwardly-extended inner portion 75 of the block 69 will move along the inner side of the plate 65.

It will be seen that as the lever 53 is drawn downward at its right-hand end the clutch member 47 will' be engaged with the disk 15 to cause the shaft 46 to rotate and the lever 53 to rock. WVhen, however, the rod 52 is permitted to rise, a spring 59 rocks the lever 48 to disengage the clutch member 47 and the adjacent member 15.

Each end of the table 10 is provided with a bowl 60, from the sides of which plates 61 upwardly project, and these plates carry a pair of rolls 62, formed of felt. The bowls 60 are adapted to contain water, and by means of the capillary attraction the rolls 62 will be constantly wetted, so that collars may be wetted by contacting them with the rolls.

My invention is adapted for folding and shaping turn-down and roll collars and for shaping the wings of win g-collars. Turndown collars are those shown in Figs. 7 and 8 of the drawings. Roll-collars are of the same general class except that they are much taller and that at the ends the fold is rolled or rounded, as distinguished from creased, as in Figs. 7 and S, and wing-collars are those which stand and are provided with wings extending out from the sides of the collar and respectively at the ends thereof.

In folding turn-down collars the collars are first taken from the washing process and ironed flat in the usual manner. The collars are next wetted at the fold-line, where they are to be creased in the folding operation, so that the folding may be effected without breaking the fabric of the collars. The wetting of the collars as above described may be effected by the rollers 62 or by any other suitable means. The collar, being now wettcd at the fold-line, is placed over the flange 27 of the disk 26, so that the flange will bear against the inner side of the fold-line and cause the collar to conform to the flange, so that the collar will be properly folded. The treadle 33 should now be operated to draw down the lever 31, so that the block 35 will descend and cause the groove 40 to receive the flange 27. Immediately subsequent to this movement of the lever 31 the shaft 18 will start to revolve, and the disk' will be moved in a similar manner, carryingthe collar beneath the block 35 and through the groove 40, whereupon the collar will be shaped as shown in Fig. 7. By

means of the burner-tips 37 the block 35 is kept constantly hot, and the operation above described will iron the crease of the collar, so that no further work need be done toward folding and creasing.

In laundering turn-down collars it is necessary to fold them into the form shown in Fig. 8, and thisis done by the hands of the operative. In doing this work the collar will be rumpled at points adjacent to the rear buttonhole, and in order to again smooth and shape this part of the collar I provide the mechanism at the right-hand side of the table 10. This work is done-by placing the rear portion of the collar, when shaped as shown in Fig. 8, over the upper edge of the plate 65, and the rod 52 is moved downwardly to engage the block 69 with the collar. Immediately subsequent to this movement of the block 69 the lever 53 will be rocked and the block 69 moved along the collar, so as to perform the same operation performed by the block 35 and flange 27. The work of folding and shapinga turn-down collar is now complete.

In operating on roll-collars they may be folded on the flange 27 and shaped by the block 35 without the use of the plate and block 69; but in order to prevent sharply creasing the ends of the collar the block 35 is formed so that the ends of the groove 40 will be flared outwardly, as shown at 7et in Fig. 4. By these means the block 35 may be applied along the collar between its ends, but the enlarged portions of the groove 40 will receive the rolled ends of the collar and pre vent the same from being creased.

In operating on wing-collars the collar may be placed over the plate 65 and the wing creased by means of the downward and horizontally-vibratory movement of the block 69.

It is also possible to fold the wing on the flange 27 and with the cooperation of the block 35.

It will be seen that my invention both shapes and folds the collars. In addition to ironing and shaping the collar the blocks 35 or 69 will serve to smooth down any parts of the fiber which may project in a torn state from the collar, thus making the collar regular at its crease and preventing it from irritating the neck of its wearer. The block 35 is so formed that its groove 40 will bear on the upper edge or crease of the collar and on the inner side or band thereof, but not on the outer side of the collar to any appreciable extent. The inner side of the block serves to press against the collar and to form or shape the same, while by keeping the outer side of the groove out of contact with the collar the block is prevented from marking the face of the collar. By these means I provide a machine which will shape a collar and at the same time it folds the collar, and this operation is performed by the inner side of the groove bearing against the collar-band.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

1. In a machine for folding and shaping collars, the combination with a drive-shaft, of a flanged disk, a shaft carrying said disk, a driving mechanism for said shaft, a movable block grooved to receive the flange of the disk, and means for simultaneously moving the block into and out of engagement with the flange of the disk and throwing the drivin g mechanism of the disk-carrying shaft into and out of gear with the drive-shaft, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for folding and shaping collars',-the combination with a drive-shaft, of a flanged disk, a shaft carrying said disk, a driving mechanism for the shaft, a clutch mechanism between the said shaft and the drive-shaft, a pivoted block grooved to receive the flange of the disk, and means for simultaneously raising and lowering the block and operating the clutch to throw the driving mechanism of the disk-carryin g shaft into and out of engagement with the drive-shaft, substantially as described.

3. The combination with a frame, of a shaft capable of being continuously driven, a second shaft, a clutch capable of connecting the two shafts, a disk having a flange, the disk being driven from the second shaft, a pivotally-mounted lever, a block carried by the lever and capable of engaging the flange of the disk, mechanism for moving the lever, and a connection between said mechanism and the clutch, the connection being capable of engaging the members of the clutch simultaneously with the downward movement of the lever, substantially as described.

et. In a machine for folding and shaping collars, the combination with a drive-shaft, of a flanged disk, a shaft carrying said disk, a driving mechanism for the shaft, a clutch connecting said mechanism with the drive-shaft, a pivoted block grooved to receive the flange 0f the disk, a treadle connected with the pivoted block, and means for operating the clutch from the treadle, substantially as described.

ANTONINUS FARINA.

I/Vitnesses:

JOHN C. HEGELEIN, PETER A. KERN. 

